They had no one to celebrate Halloween with, now five villages gather for a giant celebration.

Across villages and community centers, five villages in Skive Municipality are organizing events for the area's children.

When there are only 26 houses in the village, there can be a long way between houses that have pumpkins at the door. And several kilometers to the next village. That makes it difficult to be a child dressed as a ghost or vampire for Halloween.

Therefore, five villages in Skive Municipality have gathered 100 children and adults across the villages for Halloween in a community center.

> By joining forces across villages and community centers, we can bring together more families with children and, not least, volunteer efforts.

- We can do much more together than each on our own, and at the same time we don't have to compete against each other, says Diana Lund, who helps organize.

She has three children herself and lives in the village of Hejlskov with 26 houses. Therefore, there are only about 15 children in the target group for Halloween.

The picture is typically the same in the four other villages, Hald, Lund, Bøstrup, and Ørum, a few kilometers away.

- We are five small villages, and there hasn't always been a basis for organizing children's events in each village. By joining forces, we can gather more families with children and, not least, volunteer efforts, explains Diana Lund.

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More parties on the way

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Many of the children already know each other through Ørslev Kloster Børneunivers, which is the area's shared school, kindergarten, and after-school program.

The parents have therefore named the new community 'ØK's children's community.'

Halloween is the third joint children's event that the five villages have held. Earlier this year, there has also been a Viking bonfire gathering and a pajama party.

In February, there will be a joint Shrovetide celebration. The events rotate among the five villages and their community centers.

- Taking the children around our area and talking about who lives in this town and that town gives them a natural feeling of growing up in a place where there is a larger community, says Diana Lund.

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